Tree, Lews Castle Grounds

Beth

More multiple and long exposures on my new Holga.

Calm Within The Storm

Getting a bit blowy again outside :-(

Stornoway Waterwheel

Old Gate, Acha Mor

I think it's overrated too..........

An homage to Andrea

I got a(nother) new Holga for crimbo. A 35mm this time. Not the BC version, so not the same soft edges and dark corners that I get with my 120s, but the same restrictions and a chance to play around and waste some film on a different camera. And 35mm is so much cheaper than 120 :-)

Goathill Park

Goathill Park, a photo by windy_ on Flickr.

Walking the Dog

In this weather? You've got to be kidding!

This was taken (using a rather nice borrowed Petri rangefinder) a few Fridays back, when ice covered tracks made it very difficult to stay upright.

Now, it's the wind and rain that's the problem - today (and yesterday) we have been battered by 60-70 mph gusts, and not even a sign of a severe forecast from the met office!

So, stormbound in Stornoway for xmas - 'throw another log on the fire and open another bottle of wine, dear' - after all, I'm not going anywhere in this weather, am I

Merry Xmas....

to all who wander here from time to time. May your wanderings in the new year be joyful :-)

Windy

Santa (don't) stop here :-(

Bah Humbug!!!

Chaos

2 days to go 'til xmas, my last day at work then a 4 day break (I miraculously swapped my weekends on-call duty).

As per usual the town is crawling with last minute shoppers. To add to the chaos, the island was hit by a 2 hour power cut yesterday lunchtime. I believe that shoppers in local food stores had to abandon trolleys and leave the shops as tills and card readers were effectively 'stopped'.

Lews Castle

Off Kilter

Jake, dressed up for his final xmas party at the Nicolson Institute. The UCAS application has been submitted and, come summer, school's out!

The original was in colour, but I've desaturated it for Andrea as I think she would prefer it that way. I can't do anything about the digital wizardry ;-)

Trees

A couple of photos of trees that I took during a short walk on Friday (whilst new tyres were fitted to the car). Taken using a very nice petri rangefinder that I currently have on loan from Andrea :-)

Rust (Goes To) Sleep

After much deliberation, I have decided to call it a day for one of my other blogs 'Island of Rust', leaving me with just the 2 blogs - Windy Wandering (my main focus for musings and mumblings) and Stornoway the Holga Way (an outlet for holga snaps taken around my 'home' town)

'Rust' has been imported to 'Wandering' and rusty snaps will appear here from time to time. Thanks and goodbye to my 'rust' followers, and if not already following 'wandering' I hope to see you there.

'Island of Rust' gone but not forgotten 'cause 'Rust Never Sleeps'

Stop my life, I need time to think

Bloody hell, where has this year gone? This time next week xmas is nearly over!

The Way Through The Woods

Lews Castle

Footpath, Cearns

War Memorial

Wire and Wool

Keep Out

Winter Walk

More fun with the Pentax Espio, a double exposure this time

Should I Be Driving?

No, I don't have triple vision. Taken on a Pentax Espio - autofocus and exposure and then hold a holga prismatic filter in front of the lens. A rather cool result. And for the record, I was in the passenger seat at the time the picture was taken.

RAWR!!!!

'I'm a scary tiger!'

'Yeah, whatever'............

Snow

The snow's here and I've just done 4 nights on-call in a row. Not feeling at my best today so I left work at lunch time and came home. I'm now heading off to bed for an afternoon nap.

Here's a picture taken in sunny Brittany in 1993 - probably on the Rollei B35, but I can't be certain. Not a flake of snow in sight. Alex and Josh have also grown a bit since then :-)

Bye ;-)

Gate, Stornoway Castle Grounds